This is the web site of the National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National
Institutes for Health. The NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and
alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training
researchers and disseminating authoritative information to the public and
professionals. Also provides an easy CAM search feature through the NLM PubMed.

Site of the Institute for Functional
Medicine (IFM). IFM is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to
develop skills and knowledge in health care delivery by integrating
science-based best practices into effective, cost-efficient treatment
approaches.

The Institute of Noetic Sciences is at the
forefront of research and education in consciousness and human potential. The
Institute conducts and sponsors research into the working and powers of the
mind, including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention and intuition.
Discussion groups and publications are available for a fee.

Ultraprevention:
Website of Dr Hyman and Liponis. This site has much wonderful
information about health and preventive maintenance of your body. It is a
commercial website, but only in the sense that it sells books and advertises for
health retreats. "Our mission is to promote optimal health – not just your
health, but our health as a global community. Our ultimate goal is to make a
healthy "us," as well as a healthy you."

http://www.mdheal.org/qframe.htm
is the website of Leo Galland, who developed a holistic approach to health care.
Dr Galland invented the term leaky gut. This website has many
questionaires that may help you to assess your current state of health.

American Journal of Diabetes: This journal for health care workers is
full of good information about diabetes, written understandably.Our
mission is to provide health care professionals with clinical and other
practical information to help in their day-to-day management and treatment of
patients with diabetes

This is a very personal site, geared to cancer
patients and organized by a breast cancer patient and activist, Ann Fonfa.
Ms. Fonfa is not a physician,
and has no medical training. The site is extensive and “seeks to spread news,
views and information about access to alternative cancer therapies.”

This is a very personal site, geared to cancer
patients and organized by a breast cancer patient and activist, Ann Fonfa.
Ms. Fonfa is not a physician,
and has no medical training. The site is extensive and “seeks to spread news,
views and information about access to alternative cancer therapies.”

A thorough list
of links from the Integrative (meaning complementary, alternative and the best of
conventional medical practice) Division of a leading, Harvard-affiliated Boston
cancer hospital, Dana Farber.

Cancer information site developed by Steve
Dunn, a cancer survivor. Please note that Mr. Dunn is not a medical or health
care professional. The stated goal of Cancer Guide is to help cancer patients
find the best treatment available for their disease, by finding and
understanding the best and latest information.

Bandolier is an evidence-based medicine
e-journal website from Oxford University in the United Kingdom. It has a
searchable format and a wealth of general health information as well as
information about ongoing clinical trials.

A world-wide collaboration has yielded the
Cochrane Library’s abstracts of studies which is now the world’s premier effort
to summarize multiple, sometimes conflicting, clinical studies. (Abstracts are
free. Full text articles require subscription; most hospital libraries
subscribe.)

A National Library of Medicine site with
information on toxic chemicals and related environmental health risks.

Our Stolen Future is a scientific detective story that explores the
emerging science of endocrine disruption: how some synthetic chemicals
interfere with the ways that hormones work in humans and wildlife. http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/index.htm

The American Heart Association website,
offering heart health and heart disease-related educational information, and the
latest news and research on these topics. Provides links to many other related
sites.

Authentic Happiness Homepage: This robust website is
a treasure. It contains many resources, including tests you can take:
and even repeat over time. You must register to access this page, but it
is free. I suggest you start with the core strengths assessment.
http://www.authentichappiness.org/perl/My_Home.pl "Yes,
it's possible to be happier -- to feel more satisfied, be more engaged with
life, find more meaning, have higher hopes, and probably even laugh and smile
more, regardless of your circumstances."

Dr. David Heber, of the UCLA Medical Center,
and one of the leaders in nutrition science, developed the California Cuisine
Pyramid. This new pyramid depicts improved food choices for those who are
overweight.

This is the Environmental Working Group's (EWG's) site. The EWG is a
nonprofit advocacy organization with a database of more than 160,000 government
lab tests used to evaluate pesticides present in the fruits and vegetables we
eat. This site enables users to quickly assess the possible pesticide-related
risks of different fruits and vegetables, or combinations thereof.

Bandolier is an
evidence-based medicine e-journal website from Oxford University in the United
Kingdom. Clear, often graphic, summaries of interesting clinical studies and
groups of studies, sprinkled with wry British wit.

Carries advertisements but still is a good
site for looking up drug-supplement interactions. Contains information about
many pharmaceuticals, in case you have a question like how does it work, what if
you miss a dose.

Another good site for looking up drug-drug and
drug-supplement interactions – just enter the drug or supplement names and it
tells you whether they’re compatible or not, special precautions. This is
particularly valuable for the older adult taking lots of different medicines
from lots of different prescribers, plus their own program of supplements.

Dr. Christiane Northrup’s site. We
particularly like the fact that her newsletters are archived here, offering
timely information on a variety of women’s health topics. Also, the Body Wisdom
link is a nice reference for starting to identify your mind-body-spirit
connection to particular health conditions. Dr. Northrup is a member of True
North’s Advisory Board.

Site of the national women’s health
network, a nonprofit women’s health advocacy organization that has no
advertising and accepts no funds from tobacco, pharmaceutical, or medical device
manufacturers. Their information packets are inexpensive and comprehensive.

Site of the original Women’s Boston Health
Collective, perhaps the first women’s health advocacy organization in the United
States. Currently working on international health issues for women, they still
publish that classic self care book “Our Bodies Ourselves” in several languages
– and much bigger than the first edition!

Site of the Melpomene Institute.
Melpomene is a nonprofit organization whose activities focus on supporting
women’s issues around physical activity. They sponsor research about women and
exercise and offer resources for things like healthy playgrounds and support
cultivation of physical culture for women of all ages.

Site of Jacob’s Institute for Women’s
Health. A nonprofit which publishes an excellent women’s health journal and
sponsors interesting research projects around women’s health issues. Publishes
especially valuable state by state data books on women’s health indicators, and
a statistical review summary on women’s health issues overall.

Site for healthy world online; check out
the “healthy woman center”. Tends to have lots of advertisements but the
article content is pretty reliable and entertaining reading. A good place to
start to research to follow up a rumor. You can link to Medline from
this site.

This site is all about dishing up the
underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry. Sadly entertaining and
informative. Good information about the industry’s investment in
direct-to-patient and to-physician marketing.

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